Water Pollution Monitoring RC Boat

The quality of drinking water plays a crucial role in the health of animals and human beings. Lakes and
reservoirs, canals one of the major sources of drinking water. Water quality monitoring of these water
bodies requires a lot of effort as operators need to get in a boat with all sensors and manually check the
entire lake.

So we here design a solution for easy water quality checking of vast water bodies with ease.. This RC
boat will help to measure the ph level and turbidity level. This will further help us to maintain the water
clean. This project is remote-operated and controlled by an RC remote using which it can be
maneuvered accordingly, a motorized propeller system to provide the forward propulsion and servo
motor arrangement to provide with the steering using a rudder.

As per the commands received by the rc receiver the controller operates the DC motor which rotates
the propeller through a flexible bearing and shaft. Now we have an a rudder attached to a servo motor
used to steer the boat as per controller instructions.

Additionally, we have two sensors to determine water quality, we include PH sensors as well as turbidity
sensor. These sensors will detect the presence of suspended particles in the water. We also have a GPS
module and micro SD card, which will log the data from sensors as well as GPS locations at particular
intervals.

Thus the water quality monitoring rc boat can be used for water quality monitoring on lakes and
reservoirs with ease.

Components:

 Raspberry Pi
 Ph sensor
 Propeller
 Shaft
 Rudder
 Turbidity sensor
 GPS module
 SD card module
 RC receiver
 RC remote
 Servo Motor
 Lights
 Resistors
 Capacitors
 Cables and Connectors
 Diodes
  PCB and Breadboards
 LED
 Mounts and Joints
 Switches & Buttons
 Screws and Bolts
 

Advantages:

 Lake Pollution Monitoring

 Reservoir Pollution Monitoring
 Easy to Operate
 Low Power Consumption
 Automatic Data Logging
 Long Range

Disadvantages:

 Limited Range
 Limited Operating Time as per Battery Capacity

Block Diagram:

Front View

Side View
3D Views